In A Midummer Night's Dream, Theseus states, "The lunatic, the lover, and the poet are of an imagination all compact" (Act5, Scene 1). Love, in this play, is viewed in different ways. While the four main characters believe in romanticism, Theseus is a strong supporter of realism.

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Bottom states, "O what fools these mortals be." Bottom proves to be quite accurate when pertaining to the four main lovers. Demetrius and Lysander both speak in figurative language and both are very handsome. Their love for Helena and Hermia deal mainly with physical attraction and flirtatious acts than love that captures body, mind, and soul. If any of the four characters posses anything of realistic love, it would be Hermia. She was willing to risk death in order to be with Lysander. This act of love goes beyond any other in this play, and demonstrates Hermia's devoti

Theseus compares the four characters feelings for each other to poets and lunatics. Each, he says, see their fantasies more clearly than they see what's actually there. This has proven to be so in the minds of the four lovers. Their devotion to each other is far more romanticized and figurative than the more realistic, mature love that Theseus shares with Hippolyta.

These antique fables, nor these fairy toys.

The lunatic, the lover, and the poet,

Theseus sees the story of the four lovers as nothing more than a magical adventure that took place in their imaginations. He distrusts how they believe so absolutely in their love story. Theseus and Hippolyta's love is far deeper than the four lovers, but this real love may be seen as something that matures with age. Young love has proven to be far more romanticized and less thought out than older, more realistic love.

Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend

Unlike the four main

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